Teledyne closes $8.2B Flir acquisition
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies completed its purchase of Flir Systems on May 13 when the stockholders of each company approved the $8.2 billion deal, Teledyne announced May 14. Flir, a thermal imaging company based in Oregon with a large presence in Goleta, is now part of Teledyne’s Digital Imaging Segment and operates under the name Read More →
Revenue up at MannKind, but losses mount
Westlake Village-based biotech company MannKind saw a slight bump in revenue in the first quarter thanks to its product Afrezza, but net losses continued to climb. MannKind released its earnings after the markets closed on May 12. It ended the day down 8.6% and regained 0.25% on May 13, to close at $4.03. MannKind, which Read More →
Sonos shares up after strong earnings report
Sonos saw a record second quarter as it reported $17.2 million in net income on May 12, up from a steep loss the year before, and beat analysts’ expectations. The Santa Barbara-based home sound system producer went from a net loss of $52.3 million, or 48 cents per share, in the second fiscal quarter of Read More →
AeroVironment chairman to retire
AeroVironment, a Simi Valley-based drone and robotics company, announced May 11 that its chairman of the board, Tim Conver, plans to retire later this year. He will be replaced as chairman by Wahid Nawabi, AeroVironment’s president and CEO. Conver has been a member of the board since 1988 and chairman since 2007. He was CEO Read More →
Sales and losses both rise at Sientra
Sientra missed estimates and almost doubled its net loss over the course of a year, but saw increases in net sales and gross profit as well as decreases in operating expenses, according to its first-quarter earnings report, released May 11. The Goleta-based medical aesthetics company saw a net loss of $54.7 million, or $1.01 per Read More →
AppFolio down 5% after reporting lower earnings and higher expenses in first quarter
AppFolio, a Goleta-based property management software developer, saw its net income drop more than 75% over the past year in an earnings report released May 10. The company reported net income of $479,000, or 1 cent per share, for the first quarter of 2021, down from $1.98 million, or 6 cents per share, in the Read More →
Procore discloses projected share price for $600 million-plus IPO
Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies plans to price its initial public offering between $60 and $65 per share, which would raise more than $600 million and give it a market capitalization of around $8 billion. Procore, a cloud software company for the construction industry, filed an amended S-1 statement on May 10 with the U.S. Securities and Read More →
